Donbas

• Donbass (from Russian)

From Ukrainian Донба́с (Donbás), abbreviation of Доне́цький басе́йн (Donécʹkyj baséjn, “Donets Basin”), after Доне́ць (Donécʹ, “Donets River”) + басе́йн (baséjn, “basin”). Compare Donbass, from Russian.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɒnbæs/, /ˈdɒnbɑːs/, /dɒnˈbɑːs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːnbɑːs/, /-bæs/, /dʌnˈbæs/, /-ˈbɑːs/

Donbas

1. (usually with definite article) An industrial region in eastern Ukraine.
2. (colloquial, without definite article) The two Russian separatist enclaves, the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Luhansk People’s Republic.

(industrial region):

• ORDLO (referring to the Russian separatist enclaves located there, especially by the Ukrainian government)

• Abdons, Badons, Dabson, bandos

Borrowed from Ukrainian Донба́с (Donbás), abbreviation of Доне́цький басе́йн (Donécʹkyj baséjn, “Donets Basin”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈdonbas]
• Hyphenation: Don‧bas

Donbas n (relational adjective donbaský)

1. Donbas (an industrial region in eastern Ukraine)

• “Donbas”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Donbas”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Donbas”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Donbas m

1. alternative form of Donbass